Video: Smokeless in Calabasas

CALABASAS, Calif. — Nestled in the hills northwest of Los Angeles, Calabasas is proud of its pretty surroundings and its clean air. The last thing most people here want is secondhand smoke from cigarettes.

Last year, when she was a high school senior, 19-year-old Margo Arnold began lobbying city hall to do something.

"Secondhand smoke takes eight years off your life," she says.

At her urging, the city passed the country's toughest measure to curb secondhand smoke —prohibiting smoking in most public places, indoors and out, except for designated areas.

Smokers say the new law is kind of a drag. One calls it "a little bit fascist."

At the local dog park, Alison Ostrin says she tries not to smoke near other people. Now she won't be able to smoke at all.